Place-Name Politics in Multilingual Areas

Abstract

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A Comparison of Cartographic and Toponymic Databases in a Multilingual Environment: A Methodology for Detecting Redundancies Using ETL and GIS Tools

“…The current sociolinguistic context witnesses the presence of autonomous territoriality in which, in addition to Spanish and Basque, other languages of very different cultural origins coexist [73]. The political and identity issues related to multilingualism in place names have been studied by Jordan et al [74] and Mácha et al [7]. Moreover, the study of European policies and legislation is discussed by Ruiz Vieytez [75].…”

Toponymic politics and the role of heritagisation in multiethnic cities in Romania

“…Moreover, the inherent power-relations in heritagisation may not only be apparent in what is displayed but also in how names are displayed. The font and style of letters, the accuracy of spelling, the visibility of minority language inscriptions and the hierarchy of languages all carry information about their relative importance and the local power relations of various language-speaking groups (Jordan et al 2021;Plautz et al 2021).…”

“…Our field experience confirmed that in comparison to the previous period, the trilingual information boards improved the visibility of the Hungarian language. Nevertheless, using the same, smaller font size for Hungarian and English might dilute the local presence of Hungarian language (see Duchêne 2012) in the same vein illustrating the inherent power relations between local majority and minority (see Jordan et al 2021;Plautz et al 2021).…”